Audio version: https://soundcloud.com/critterkin-jena/going-awry How many of you have direct experience with of the old adage, “The best made plans of mice and men often go awry?” When it comes to teaching, I think that saying should be changed to read,...

Click on the Image Above to Learn More Launching new fundraisers makes me nervous. I’ve created a project I’m excited to share, but what’s the best way to do that? We’ve all encountered entrepreneurs who can’t seem to stop talking about their ideas, and the thought...

https://critterkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Erika-Renee-Kids.mp4 There’s nothing quite like the feeling you get when a kid opens the package containing your book and says, “I love it!” Makes me grin every time. I hope you guys enjoy and will...

This past week has been singularly stressful and eye opening. First, my kitty jumped from my second floor balcony and disappeared into the apartment complex’s storm drains. Then, hundreds of people went out of their way to help me rescue him. Some were...

April 13th – LOST I am devastated. Last night around 8:30 my cat (Oscar) and I were sitting on the second floor balcony together. I went in for a few minutes to use the facilities and when I came out he was gone. The balcony has a high rail and in the two...

Leonard Cohen famously said, “There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” If anyone had told me I’d form a company devoted to chipping away at the small but widening crack in the foundation of education, I would’ve laughed. A journalist by training,...